Governors
Governing boards hold the strategic leadership of schools and academy trusts in England: setting direction, holding the headteacher to account for educational performance and overseeing financial performance. The Department for Education’s non-statutory governance guides for maintained schools and for academy trusts, first published in November 2025, were updated in July 2026 for new duties that started on 1 September 2026. This topic covers board roles, meetings, headteacher performance management and working with governors as a school leader.
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